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Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... another drop, particularly given that markets typically fall 30-40% during recessions." It comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison told a crowd of business leaders at the AFR's Business Summit the economic impact of the coronavirus in Australia could ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... fiscal responses. Except for Hawaii boy Scott Morrison. This from Factset: "Australia remains the holdout with Prime Minister Morrison again ruling out a fiscal response to the expected impact on growth from the virus".

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... adds to the downward pressure on the domestic economy caused by the bushfires, storms and floods, testing Prime Minister Scott Morrison's declaration: "The surplus is of no focus for me whatsoever. What matters to me is the human cost and meeting ...

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... they get past the initial recovery phase of this unprecedented bushfire crisis..." These were Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's words when he opened the government's wallet wider and announced a number of measures to help the recovery ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... key regiona­l industries ravaged by the bushfire disaster," it states. That's on top of the A$2 billion the prime minister announced earlier this year for the establishment of the National Bushfire Recovery Agency, making good on his promise that ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... me whatsoever. What matters to me is the human cost and meeting whatever cost we need to meet," Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently declared. More fiscal spending towards "rebuilding of bridges, rebuilding of roads and other critical infrastructure..." ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... whatsoever. What matters to me is the human cost and meeting whatever cost we need to meet". Sure, sure. This is what Prime Minister declared when he announced the establishment of the National Bushfire Recovery Agency with an initial funding of A$2 ...

Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... housing, as Scott Morrison pledges to commit "everything that is needed and more" to the bushfire recovery. "The Prime Minister and Josh Frydenberg will launch the government's national bushfire recovery agency on Monday, to be led by former Australian ...

Chief economist update: When monetary and fiscal policies don't meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... conduct of government and monetary policies, there is no meeting of the minds between Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (and his Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg) and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe. A report by the Bank for International ...

Retirement income under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... super system earlier this year, which called for a review of the retirement income system. In July, Prime Minister Scott Morrison maintained the retirement income review would not be bound by the government and would be open to considering any and all ...